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HelpRe: A pitch for my own - and what a Pitch! (Ha Ha Ha)
in reply to a message by Barbra
" I am a guy with a name commonly associated with that of ladies"
Wait, your male and your name is Barbara? That's really quite interesting. I know Barbara was used (sparingly) on males in the early 20th century, but I've never met anyone male with the name. What made your parents choose it?
In response to your other comments, people are allowed to dislike certain names for any reason they choose. Being a legitimate name with a lot of history doesn't mean people have to like it. I'm sure very few people are pushing for the revival of Nimrod. It's best not to take peoples comments about the names personally, just because they don't like a name doesn't mean they don't like you.
Towards your dated comments, names that go through a massive surge of popularity for a few years tend to be thought of as dated. Especially those that have a major jump in popularity and then a steep drop off as Barbara did (Barbara was the #119th most popular girls name in 1911 and had jumped up to #40 in 1921, it was in the top ten by 1927 then started declining fairly quickly in the 70's.)
Barbara /Barbra are in the generation of names that were popular among the upcoming generations grandparents, which seem to get a lot of disparaging comments. Barbara, Douglas, Linda, Donald, Donna etc. are names that are extremely common among our parents so they seem old-fashioned and dated. Names that are currently popular like Ava and Olivia went through the same thing a few decades ago. Barbara may gain traction again, it may not. Time will tell.
Personally, I don't like Barbara because it was my grandmother who was not a very nice person. I do however like Varvara, I met one a few years ago and developed a soft spot, so perhaps without the personal association I would like it.
Wait, your male and your name is Barbara? That's really quite interesting. I know Barbara was used (sparingly) on males in the early 20th century, but I've never met anyone male with the name. What made your parents choose it?
In response to your other comments, people are allowed to dislike certain names for any reason they choose. Being a legitimate name with a lot of history doesn't mean people have to like it. I'm sure very few people are pushing for the revival of Nimrod. It's best not to take peoples comments about the names personally, just because they don't like a name doesn't mean they don't like you.
Towards your dated comments, names that go through a massive surge of popularity for a few years tend to be thought of as dated. Especially those that have a major jump in popularity and then a steep drop off as Barbara did (Barbara was the #119th most popular girls name in 1911 and had jumped up to #40 in 1921, it was in the top ten by 1927 then started declining fairly quickly in the 70's.)
Barbara /Barbra are in the generation of names that were popular among the upcoming generations grandparents, which seem to get a lot of disparaging comments. Barbara, Douglas, Linda, Donald, Donna etc. are names that are extremely common among our parents so they seem old-fashioned and dated. Names that are currently popular like Ava and Olivia went through the same thing a few decades ago. Barbara may gain traction again, it may not. Time will tell.
Personally, I don't like Barbara because it was my grandmother who was not a very nice person. I do however like Varvara, I met one a few years ago and developed a soft spot, so perhaps without the personal association I would like it.
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